Jack and the Not-So-Favorite Blankie

Jack has a very special blanket that he sleeps with every nap and every night.
My Mom's cousin made it for him and it is a very loose knit, so I don't have to worry about him covering his face with it. He loves this blanket and holds it very tight as he sleeps.... actually when you hand it to him, he grabs at it so ferociously that you are afraid that you might loose a hand if you don't pull your hand back fast enough. Anyway, my Mom graciously offered to make Jack several more of these blankets so if we were to lose one, we would have plenty in reserve. I started trying to "sneak" the new ones into the crib in late November. At the beginning of each nap, I would hand him both the original blanket and one of the new ones. At first, when I would come back, Jack and the original blanket would be at one end of the crib and the new blanket would be at the other end. At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but then I realized that it was happening EVERY nap. Then Jack decided that that was not enough, a few weeks ago, he started trying to push the "intruder" blanket out of the crib and pushing it down through the slats, as seen in this picture (the "intruder" blankie is the dark blue blanket in the bottom of the picture). Notice how sitting next to him is his "original" blankie? I have a video monitor in his room and I have yet to actually catch him doing it, but I can't believe the work he must put into this to get it out of the crib! Very determined baby boy! But, poor Nana, she put so much work into the blankets and Jack won't even pretend to like them for her.